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Dead Reckoning

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Stephanie

Five years have passed since his last night. Death by the numbers. He has not taken thousands of photographs.  He already has missed a quarter of one daughter’s young life, four college commencements and one high school graduation. Thirty household … Continue reading →

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The Third’s the Charm

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Stephanie

“The third time’s the charm,” the saying goes. It is a paean to the payoff of persistence.  Get back up on that horse, re-tackle that problem, dare to open your heart after it’s not only been broken, but broken once … Continue reading →

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Sweet Serenity

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Stephanie

My children have such an eye for serenity, which I confess has been in short supply within the household during recent years. For Grandeur, wrote Pattiann Rogers, some look to nature’s intense bursts and others to all-enveloping quiet; some: . … Continue reading →

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Vicarious Adventure

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Stephanie

She has seen white nights in Russia, and a Queen of the Night near the equator. In one photograph she is at the bottom of the sea; a neon-striped bright blue and yellow fish obscures her torso. In another recent … Continue reading →

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